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My 5.5 month old wakes up constantly throughout the night

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I'm posting here, because I think most of the 5+ monthers have already jumped ship from 0-6.  Ever since we worked on getting DD to an earlier bed time, now she wakes up every 2-3 hours during the night.  Before she wouldn't go to sleep till 11 or midnight, but she'd sleep through till 5 or 6 am.  Now she goes down before nine, but gets up, and she wants to eat!  I've tried just patting her, or rocking her and putting her back down, but she'll stay silent at most for 10 minutes then she's kicking and crying again till she's on the boob.

A little background, she naps 2-3 times a day, her last nap is no later than 5 pm.  I always start the bedtime routine at 7:30, but some nights it takes me 45 minutes to get her nursed and asleep, some nights it will take 3 hours.  She's always up for the day by 8.  Drowsy but awake has never worked for us, and I'm not a fan of CIO.  She won't take a paci. She has to be held and rocked to sleep.

I feel like I have a newborn all over again.   Any ideas?

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Re: My 5.5 month old wakes up constantly throughout the night

  • MarriedBestFriendsMarriedBestFriends member
    Your DD sounds like she has sleep associations with you/the boob/milk. There is no way around that besides breaking them. Whether you are successful doing so with a CIO method (I recommend the SleepEasy Solution if you're open to reading about their tactics and a great discussion behind sleep assocations) or a non-CIO method will be up to you and what's best for your family. Your DD, like mine did, lacks the ability to put herself back to sleep at the end of her sleep cycle. It is a learned skill. Our pedi told us that if she learns how to do this now, she will be golden for the rest of her life, which led us to resort to CIO. Best of luck!
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  • sarahns80sarahns80 member
    You DD is just like mine. I was up every 2 hrs last night. Some nights are better and shell go like 6-7 hours. I have to put her in the swing to get a good stretch too. I think its teething but i dont know. Just praying it ends.
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  • DestinationWeddingKeyWestDestinationWeddingKeyWest
    So I am anti-CIO, but if you want to try to break sleep associations, there are many other options to just CIO...like make another association like music, etc.  It is my opinion that our babies shouldn't be expected to sleep on their own...they receive help from us for everything else, why should sleep be different?  It's called parenting IMHO.  Anyway, do what feels right to you.  Often, when my DD has trouble sleeping it's because of teething or a growth spurt.  It may be that she is a night time baby and prefers to be up later in the evening just as some adults have a sleep schedule preference...although I understand that this may not work for your schedule.  Is she eating enough before bed? If you are wanting to read sleep books I suggest Dr. Sears sleep book or look online at his website askdrsears.com.  GL!
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